No fewer than 17 Michelin starred restaurants are located in the region, among them two restaurants with 3 stars ( Restaurants Bareiss and Schwarzwaldstube in Baiersbronn ) as well as the only restaurant in Germany that has been awarded a Michelin star every year since 1966.

Stoddart has also repeatedly called for the resignation of the FIA's President, Max Mosley, particularly in the aftermath of the 2005 United States Grand Prix where the majority of teams withdrew from the race due to safety concerns about their Michelin tyres.

The company, the world ’ s fifth-largest tyre manufacturer behind Bridgestone, Michelin, Goodyear, and Continental, is present in over 160 countries, has 20 manufacturing sites around the world and a network of around 10, 000 distributors and retailers.

Barcelona has nine Michelin stars and has been chosen as the best gastronomical city by the American TV network MSNBC in 2009, topping the list of the ten best gastronomical cities in the world.

The castle has been adapted to house a restaurant, which has been recognised with one Michelin Star.

In Main Street can be found a coffee shop ( Blether by the Bridge ), due to re-open in 2011, and a small, family-run establishment called the Wee Restaurant, which has been awarded a Michelin Guide ' Bib Gourmand ' and was named best eating place in Scotland by The Independent.

The simplicity of traditional Finnish food has been turned into an advantage by placing an emphasis on freshness instead, and modern Finnish restaurateurs now blend high-quality Finnish produce with continental cooking techniques, culminating with Helsinki's Chez Dominique receiving two Michelin stars in 2003.

In recent years, development of the New Danish cuisine based on the rediscovery of local ingredients presented in interesting new recipes has led to a significant number of new, highly acclaimed restaurants in Copenhagen and the provinces, several with Michelin stars.

Gordon Ramsay has managed the less formal Savoy Grill in recent years, employing his protégé Marcus Wareing, during which it earned its first Michelin star.

He has earned the nickname " Michelin Man " as a result.

The mall also has several restaurants such as the Michelin 3-star Per Se, Masa ( allegedly the most expensive restaurant in New York ), an outpost of A Voce, a Samsung Electronics showroom, the East Coast flagship of Williams-Sonoma, and a Whole Foods Market.

There has been discussion about which guide is more important, the Michelin Guide or the Gault Millau.

Michelin is more popular and therefore more influential, while Gault Millau has been considered more purist due to the main system being based purely on the quality of the food at the restaurant.

In recent years, gaining a Michelin star has increased a chef's profile sufficiently for them to be featured on television and become a household name.

Vreeland has a Michelin star restaurant called " De Nederlanden ", a pancake house " Noord-Brabant " and a cafeteria.

Another Elizabethan house, Ockenden Manor, is a restaurant which has had one star from the Michelin Guide since 2001.

The hotel has 2 restaurants and bars – including two establishments by Michelin star winning chef Thierry Marx – as well as The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, Paris.

The village includes a coaching inn, The Talbot Hotel which dates back to 1453. as well as Drake's restaurant, which has been awarded a Michelin star and 3 AA rosettes.

The restaurant was opened in 1995 and is one of only four in the United Kingdom and Ireland that hold a three-star Michelin Guide rating ; this has been the case since 2004.

Despite its small local market, the Auvergne region has developed many national and international companies, such as Michelin, Limagrain ( seed ), the group Centre France-La Montagne ( regional daily press ), Volvic mineral water ( group Danone ) and numerous dynamic SMEs around the two universities and large schools ( engineers, doctors and business school ) of its capital, Clermont-Ferrand.

SUD unions are now important in the health care sector, education, transportation ( including the SNCF and Air France ), cultural institutions such as the Louvre, as well as in some companies such as Michelin, Thales, or even students with Sud-étudiant.

As a result of French industrial policy, in 1975 state-owned Renault also acquired the truck and bus producer Berliet from Michelin.

Resende's Automotive Pole, holds MAN Latin America ( former Volkswagen Trucks and Buses ), the biggest truck and bus factory of Brazil, limitrophe to PSA Peugeot Citroën and Michelin.

One clever example was the handsome Volkswagen beetle towing kayaks on a trailer, the Renault Michelin canvas topped tractor trailer in blue and yellow from the 1980s, or the Chevy pickup truck hauling a luxurious yacht ( Ragan 2000, p. 82 ; Rixon 2005, p. 96 ).

* Michelin patent the removable pneumatic bicycle tire.

In 1898 the French tire manufacturer Michelin introduced the Michelin Man, a cartoon figure presented in many different contexts, such as eating, drinking and playing sports.

* André Michelin ( 1853-1931 ) and Édouard Michelin ( 1859-1940 ) creators of the group Michelin ( tire ) whose global headquarters is still located in Clermont-Ferrand

* The Michelin PAX System, an automotive " run-flat " tire system

Fork Stables is located about 2 miles south of town and the Michelin tire plant which makes the aircraft tires for the space shuttle is located in town.

A key factor to Renault winning this first Grand Prix was held to be the detachable wheel rims ( developed by Michelin ), which allowed tire changes to occur without having to lever the tire and tube off and back on the rim.

* Michelin patent the removable pneumatic bicycle tire.

The tire business and use of the name was sold to Michelin.

Before the sale to Michelin, Goodrich ran television and print ads showing an empty expanse of blue sky, to distinguish themselves from the similar-sounding Goodyear tire company.

Also in 1988, Michelin Group, a subsidiary of the French tire company Michelin et Cie () proposed to acquire the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company and took actions towards acquiring a stake.

* Space Shuttles ( wheels and brakes ; tire business sold to Michelin in 1988 )

** 22 British Lancasters, mostly from No. 617 Squadron, make a successful precision attack on the Michelin tire factory at Clermont-Ferrand, France.

External differentiators from the BB 512 besides badging include a change to metric sized wheels and the Michelin TRX metric tire system, small white running lights in the nose, and red rear fog lamps outboard of the exhaust pipes in the rear valance.

It was the German's second straight win since the Ferrari team and its tire supplier Bridgestone accused rival tire maker Michelin of using illegal tires for most of the season, threatening to decide the title in court.

Some enthusiasts even went as far as to send Michelin Mud tires ( a popular clincher tire ) to Dugast ( a manufacturer of high end tubular tires ) to have a modern tread pattern incorporated into a traditional tubular.

In 2004, American tire business giant Michelin gave Cidon their " Estrella de la Guia Michelin " award (" Michelin Guiding Star "), given by that company to Spain's top business achievers.

The economy of Vitoria-Gasteiz is diverse, and many manufacturing companies have operations there, including Mercedes-Benz, Michelin, Gamesa, and Heraclio Fournier, the latter being headquartered there.

The city also sought out industry, with textile and agricultural concerns being joined by manufacturing plants for the Sony, Michelin, and General Electric corporations later in the century.

In 1900, André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation.

However, unlike other towns it retains a very successful manufacturing industry, with major employers such as Michelin and Gallaher, and the extremely successful local firm Wrightbus.

Michelin Group continued to operate the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company as its tire manufacturing unit in the United States and Canada.